(1) The moon exerts a force on the earth that causes the tides. (2) In order to be successful he would have to exert himself. (3) He exerted all his authority to make them accept the plan.
exert [iɡˈzə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 爱国的
vt. 施加（影响、压力等）；运用（权威等）；尽力；努力
n. 打孔机；穿孔器
v. 悄悄跟踪；高视阔步
(1) We have a duty to uphold the law. (2) to uphold a conviction/an appeal/a complaint (3) an upholder of traditional values
uphold [ʌpˈhəuld] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 物质；重要性；主旨，要点
vt. 拥护；支持；维持
n. 主题；对象；科目；研究对象
n. 鲑鱼，大马哈鱼
(1) Rabies is a viral disease usually transmitted by a bite from an infected mammal. (2) Blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan commonly found in the intestinal tract of human and mammal. (3) She also refurbished the dry land mammal running most quickly speed record.
mammal [ˈmæməl] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 速记，速记法
n. 阳极，正极
n. 违反；冒犯
n. 哺乳动物
(1) Shandong; floods and droughts; control measures; food production; farmland water conservancy; farmers savings; and warehouse. (2) Completion of this Administration Building will provide spaces for Central Office, warehouse, and Canteen facilities. (3) Finally, three main applications of data warehouse are depicted in detail.
warehouse [ˈwɛəhaus] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 多风的，大风的
vt. 资助；赋予；使天生拥有
n. 仓库，货栈
vt. 踩，踏，践踏；步行
(1) We outlined our proposals to the committee. (2) They saw the huge building outlined against the sky. (3) This is a brief outline of the events.
outline [ˈautlain] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 隐匿，窝藏；怀有
n. 青铜色；青铜；青铜像
vt. 概述，概括；显示…的轮廓
vt.&vi. 使目眩；使惊叹
(1) Her words impressed themselves on my memory. (2) He impressed on us the need for immediate action. (3) It impressed me that she remembered my name.
impress [imˈpres] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 积极主动的；精力旺盛的；充满活力的
vt. 给…深刻印象；使铭记；使…注意到
adj. 得体的；适宜的，正当的；合适的
n. 大酒桶；烟蒂
(1) Is the stairway outside the building? (2) The stone stairway was covered with lichen. (3) My next good opportunity for photographs was at the top of a stairway.
stairway [ˈsteəˌweɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 在…踱步；放稳步调
vt. 使具有特点；描述
n. 楼梯
vt. 使船停靠码头；领船入港
(1) The book is aimed principally at beginners. (2) The sell-off is aimed at repositioning the company as a publisher principally of business information. (3) Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
principally [ˈprɪnsəplɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
prep. 与…相对；与…对阵
n. 伤疤，伤痕
adv. 主要地，首要地
adj. 困难的；难相处的
(1) It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was. (2) After a little gentle persuasion, he agreed to come. (3) She has great powers of persuasion.
persuasion [pəˈsweiʒən] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 劝说，说服；信仰
n. 肾，肾脏；（供食用的）腰子
vi. 登广告
v. 占优势，盛行；统治，治理；主宰
(1) The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. (2) That one mistake seriously endangered the future of the company. (3) The sea turtle is an endangered species (= it may soon no longer exist) .
endanger [enˈdeɪndʒə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 危及；使遭遇危险
v. 使成螺旋形；（数量、水平）急遽增长，急遽变化
adj. 有礼貌的，谦恭的
vi. 击剑；围以栅栏
(1) I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece. (2) a souvenir shop (3) ...a souvenir of the summer of 1992.
souvenir [ˈsu:vəniə] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 食谱，烹饪配方；原因
n. 罢免；废黜；沉淀；书面证词
vt. 抵消；补偿
n. 纪念品
(1) Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. (2) excess food is stored as fat. (3) We need a free press to curb government excesses.
excess [ˈekses] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 传达，传递；运输，运送
vt. 延长；拉长；拖延
n. 过多，过量；无节制；（保险中的）免赔额
n. 瘟疫；鼠疫；灾难
(1) second-hand cars (2) a second-hand bookshop (= for selling second-hand books) (3) second-hand opinions
second-hand
📢 UK📢 US
adj. 无畏的，大胆的
n. 旧的，第二手的
n. 保留；预订；保留地
n. 实现；认识，领会
(1) a swarm of locusts (2) Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation. (3) This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.
locust [ˈləʊkəst] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 破坏性的，毁灭性的
n. 蝗虫
n. 有效，效力；可信性
adj. 使人厌倦的，讨厌的，烦人的
(1) He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking. (2) In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking. (3) a government undertaking to spend more on education
undertaking [ˈʌndəˌteɪkɪŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 为…辩解；使免除；原谅
vi. 捕蟹
n. 任务，事业；承诺
adv. 理想地；完美地
(1) the yoke of imperialism (2) A pair of oxen, yoked together, was used. (3) an ox yoked to a plough
yoke [jəuk] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 答辩，抗辩；请求，恳求；借口
n. 牛轭；枷锁
n. 著作者；作家
adj. 没有的；无效的
(1) This system is being tried out experimentally at many universities. (2) In my opinion, the curvature was determined experimentally. (3) This machine was introduced experimentally in 1960.
experimentally [ɪksˌperɪˈmentəlɪ] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 发光的；发亮的
adv. 实验上；实验性地
n. 阻塞；障碍物；街区；大楼
n. 游艇，快艇
(1) to underestimate the cost of the project (2) We underestimated the time it would take to get there. (3) Never underestimate your opponent.
underestimate [ˌʌndərˈestimeit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 价值；优点
n. 饵，诱饵；诱惑物
adj. 特指的；特别的；格外的
vt. 低估；轻视
(1) a steady flow of refugees from the war zone (2) political/economic refugees (3) a refugee camp
refugee [ˌrefjuˈdʒi:] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.&vi. 监督；指导；管理
n. 散文
n. 难民，避难者
n. 责任；累赘；债务
(1) fresh, wholesome food (2) It was clean wholesome fun. (3) ...good, wholesome fun.
wholesome [ˈhəulsəm] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 健康的；有益健康的
n. 预算；预算案
n. 合页，铰链
n. 洞，孔；龋洞
(1) The town lies a few kilometres inland. (2) We travelled further inland the next day. (3) inland areas
inland [ˈinlənd] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 内陆的；内地的
n. 瓦片；瓷砖，墙砖
adj. 传染的；有感染力的
v. 巡逻，巡查
(1) Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers... (2) In this way, he hoped to put pressure on the British and thus to wring concessions from them. (3) The Government has got to get a grip. wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
wring [riŋ] 📢 UK📢 US
adv. 紧紧地，牢固地
vt. 拧，挤，扭；握紧
adj. 水分过多的；微弱的；含水的
n. 大厦，大楼；宅邸
(1) the person with overall responsibility for the project (2) There will be winners in each of three age groups, and one overall winner . (3) an overall improvement in standards of living (= affecting everyone)
overall [ˈəuvərɔ:l] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 工作服；工装裤；罩衣
n. 盗窃罪，偷窃
vt. 使粉碎，使破碎；使破灭；使受到极大打击
n. 单元；模块；组件
(1) The journey would be dangerous in the extreme. (2) extremes of cold, wind or rain (3) It's embarrassing the extremes he'll go to in order to impress his boss.
extreme [iksˈtri:m] 📢 UK📢 US
vi. （狗等）嗥叫；咆哮；隆隆作响
n. 溢出量；溢出物
adj. 极其的；极端的；偏激的；末端的
n. 题目；主题；主旋律
(1) a pathetic and lonely old man (2) The starving children were a pathetic sight. (3) a pathetic excuse
pathetic [pəˈθetik] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 公爵
adj. 球形的，球面的
n. 百分富翁；大财主
adj. 差劲的；可怜的
(1) We're up to our ears in work. (2) News of his affair eventually reached her ears. (3) ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night. ’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning! ’
ear [iə] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 使纯净，净化
n. 灌溉；[医]冲洗
n. 连指手套；露指手套
n. （谷类作物的）穗；耳朵；听觉，听力
(1) limestone is often used in building construction. (2) Cement is made from limestone. (3) The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave.
limestone [ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 重大危险；（某活动或行为的）危险，问题
n. 撤销
n. 石灰岩
n. 不满，不悦
(1) an annual fixture (2) Saturday's fixture against Liverpool (3) the season's fixture list
fixture [ˈfikstʃə] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 坚决的，果断的
n. 社会学
n. 攻击；猛攻；人身攻击
n. 固定装置；定期存款；体育活动；常客
(1) learning by analogy (2) The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump. (3) There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.
analogy [əˈnælədʒi] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 力的；有活力的；力学的；动态的
n. 鲨鱼；诈骗者
n. 相似，类似；类比；类推
vt. 突然袭击；压倒；赶上
(1) He pressed his back against the door... (2) They pressed the silver knife into the cake. (3) Drago pressed a button and the door closed...
press [pres] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 随后的；后来的
v. 压，按；用力踩；用力挤压；竭力劝说
n. 机敏；圆滑，得体
n. 外国人；外星人
(1) She uses her charm to manipulate people. (2) As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion. (3) They managed to manipulate us into agreeing to help.
manipulate [məˈnipjuleit] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 驳船；游艇
vt. 操作；控制；处理
vt. 给…调味
n. 二氧化物
(1) a six-cylinder engine (2) a gas/oxygen cylinder (3) ...a cylinder of foam...
cylinder [ˈsilində] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 使波动
adv. 其后，其次，接着
n. 圆筒；圆筒状物；汽缸
adj. 警觉的，警惕的
(1) a tangle of branches (2) Her hair was a mass of tangles. (3) His financial affairs are in a tangle.
tangle [ˈtæŋɡl] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 使缠结；使缠绕；混乱
n. 授权，委托；委员会；佣金
vt. 采，摘；拔，拉；弹乐器；修（眉毛）
n. 大屠杀，大残杀
(1) Planes dropped supplies by parachute. (2) a parachute drop/jump (3) a parachute regiment
parachute [ˈpærəʃu:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 使用；惯用法
n. 降落伞；风散种子
n. 航海日志；原木；干材
vt. 乘船游览，航游
(1) She continued to assert that she was innocent. (2) She continued to assert her innocence. (3) ‘That is wrong, ’ he asserted.
assert [əˈsə:t] 📢 UK📢 US
v. 欺诈；骗取；作弊
n. 女神；被崇拜的女人
vt. 断言，宣称；维护；坚持
n. 顶点；峰会；顶峰
(1) Good grief! What a mess! (2) Several pedestrians came to grief on the icy pavement. (3) He caused his parents a lot of grief.
grief [ɡri:f] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. 显微镜的；微小的；一丝不苟的
vi. 大惊小怪；瞎忙活
adj. 下级的；次要的
n. 悲痛，悲伤
(1) The rift within the organization reflects the growing bitterness of the dispute. (2) There was a strain of bitterness in his voice. (3) That was the very reason why he felt a certain bitterness.
bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] 📢 UK📢 US
vt. 诊断；判断
n. 消失；失踪；丢失；被盗
n. 苦味；悲痛
n. 常去的地方
(1) She was tall and elegant. (2) an elegant dress (3) an elegant room/restaurant
elegant [ˈeliɡənt] 📢 UK📢 US
adj. （人或物）典雅的；简洁的，简练的
vt. 在…上打烙印；加污名于
adj. 微妙的；机巧的；清淡的
n. （战争、愤怒等）爆发，突然发生
(1) the cries of a man in torment (2) She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death. (3) The flies were a terrible torment.
torment [ˈtɔ:ment] 📢 UK📢 US
n. 女佣；侍女
n. 网眼；网状物
n. 无限远的距离；无穷大
vt. 折磨；戏弄
(1) She exudes sexual magnetism. (2) There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man... (3) Later, she would describe his magnetism as irresistible.